Portable music-sheet container and turner



A. M. BEAN. PORTABLE Nuslc SHEET CONTAINER AND TURNER. APPLICATION FILEDOCT. 19, 1918- Patented June 22, 1920.

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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT IVI. BEAN, OF COLVILLE, WASHINGTON.

BORTABLE MUSIC-SHEET CONTAINER AND TURNER.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. BEAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Colville, in the county of Stevens and State of lVashington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Music-Sheet Containers and Turners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates turner.

One important object is to provide'an ar-I ticle of this nature which isportable, may `carry sheets of music flat and may be placed upon thepiano or other instrument to remain in place by its own weight.

Other objects are to provide a compartment for a selective supply ofmusic sheets; means enabling the title of the sheets to be readily readand the sheets to be readily grasped; a lightweight closure for thecabinet and a riser adapted to directly engage the supporting rack tomount the operating handles of the turner for free operation.

With the above and additional objects, which willv appear hereinafter,in view, the invention has been embodied in one preferred form asillustrated in accompanying drawings.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved musicleaf turner with the closure in open position and `with one leaf of themusic sheet turned;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the apparatus;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 isa fragmentary bottom view of the apparatus. l

-In carrying out the invention, a suitable container or cabinet sectionA is provided,

being4 made of wood, reinforced leather ory any other suitable materialand essentially having a back wall 5, a side wall 6, a top wall 7, abottom wall 8 and a partitionwall 9. As well shown in Fig. 3, acompartment is provided between the walls 5 Vand 9 to contain a supplyof music sheets as at 10. 1n order that the numbers or titles of themusic 'sheets may be readily read, the wall 9 is cut awaylas at 11. Itwill be realized that the upper right hand'corner of the music projectsinto the portion 11 as shown in Fig. 1. Portion 11, together with acutaway portion 12, provided in top wall 7 enables Specification ofLetters Patent.

to a music leaf Patented June es, 1920.

Application mea october 19, 191s. serial No. 258,817.

v14; suitablyvfastened in the bottom wall 8,

at a portion which projects beyond and in frontof the wall 9. Below thesleeves, each rod 13 is formed into a crank 15 having a manipulatinghandle 16. Atthe top, each rod 13 is bent at a right angle to provide anarm 17. Spaced from each arm 17, and rigidly secured to the arms 13 inany suitable manner, is an arm 18, parallel with arm 17. A rod or wire19, parallel with rod 13, may be rigidly connected to the arms 17 and18, so thatthe arms 13, 17 and 18 and 19, will form a rectangular frameto engage the leaf, and one which will be substantially open so as notto interfere with the reading of the matter delineated upon the leaf.The arms 13 itwill be noticed are journaled at one point namely in thebearings 141. The armsr 18 `prevent undue downward displacement of theframes while the cranks 15 pre- The music leaf turners are soconstructed that they may compactly rest against the wall 9 and eachother, especially in View ofih the provision of an arch 20 on vone ofthe arms 18 so as to pass around the oppositel rod 13, as shown in Fig.3, and in view of the formation of the cranks 15 and their handles '16so that the right hand crank "shown in Fig. 1 will not be engaged or in-8 and which mounts the cranks 15 and handles 16 in such a position asnot tobe interfered with by surrounding structure of the piano or otherinstrument.

The closure for the cabinet is designated .tion is arranged over theturner as sho i C and preferably is rathe; light in nfeiglit so as notto overbalance the cabinet section when open and in the position of Fig.l. This closure may be made of any suitable material, for instance Wood,or reinforced leather. .lt has a narrow side Wall 22 pivoted by avertical pintle at 23, to the Wall 6. Said side Wall 22 extends from afront vali 2li, from which a Wide side Wall also ei:- tends. Side vvall25 completely closes the open side of the cabinet, particularly themusic compartment, and is adapted to be fastened in place or closedposition by any suitable means and for instance by means of a latch andlug arrangement as suggested at D.

The article may be conveniently carried through the provision of asuitable, hand as at E, secured to the top Wall 7.

Tn use, the music sheets desired are pl in the music compartment and thecreatine section C is secured in closed position by means of thefastening l). The article ing relatively light in Weight, venientlycarried from place to plare by manual engagement With the handle lil.

lV hen used in connection `with a musi instrument, for instance a piano,the r' f is mounted on the music raclr, with the 2l resting thereon.Thereupon or jjircviously as desired, the closure C is thrown into el enposition as shown in Fig. l. Say a musical composition utilizing threesheets as a, 7) ai C, as shown in liig. is used. The composin Fig. 3,with the frame to the right in 1g. l between the leaves b and c and withthe other frame between the leaves a and Z. Thus at the proper sequence,handle 1G may be turned to expose the contents of the inner surfaces ofleaves a and Z), after which after proper sequence, the other handle 1Gmay be turned to the left to expose the contents of the inner surface ofthe leaf cv and the ot" surface of the sheet `When desired, othercompositions from the music compartment may be substituted for the oneshown in place in the drawings. fi/hen closing` apparatus, it ivili beunderstood that if of the frames is against the part tion 9 other framemay bereadily moved aj, it or if both of the frames are to the le t i.Fig. l, its handle may be turned to ,f both of the frames against saidpartition. Thereupon the closur may be swung to closed position as inFig. 2 and Red;

Since merely the preferred embodiment of the invention has beenillustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in thedetails of construction may be reso., ed to Within its spirit and scope.

I claim:

l. A device of the class described having Lear-srt a cabinet, saidcabinet being provided with a compartment for music sheets and a secondcompartment, turning mechanism in the second compartment, and closuremeans common to both compartments.

2. A device of the class described having a cabinet, said cabinet havinga rear Wall, a partition spaced from the rear Wall to pro vide a musiccabinet, a closure means for the abinet, and turning means utilizingsaidpartition and closure means for support of the music sheets.

3. A device of the class described having cabinet, a sheet turnercarried thereby, ma-A nipulating means for the turner, a separate sheetturning means, a second sheet turnin means carried by the cabinet, thesecond sheet turning means having an arch enablingl it to foldcompact-ly relative to the first sheet turning means, and the secondsheet turning means having manipulating means shaped to avoid contactwith the iirst maniplating means when the turning means is moved toclosed position.

fi. A device of the class described having a rod, means journaling saidrod, said rod at its 'upper end being bent into an arm, a sccond arm,said second arm being fastened to therod to provide a frame, said secondarm engaging the bearing, and said rod below the bearing being formedinto a crank, said second arm and crank preventing displace-- ment.

5. A device of the class described having a cabinet provided with a rearWall, a partition ivall spaced from the rear Wall to provide asheetcompartment, a top and a bottom Wall projecting beyond the partition, asheet turning means j ournaled in the bottom wall and a closure for thecabinet pivoted adjacent one edge of the partition Wall.

6. A device of the class described having a cabinet provided with a rearWall, a parti tion Wall spaced from the rear ivall to provide a sheetcompartment, a side wall joining said rear wall and partition wall, topand bottom Walls extending beyond the partition Wall, sheet turningmeans jonrnaled by the bottom Wall and extending below the bottom Wall,a riser extending below the bottom. Wall and said sheet turning meansfor the purpose specilied, a closure having a relatively narrow sideWall, said side wall being pivoted to the side Wall of the cabinet, saidclosure having a front wall and a Wide side Wall, and a means to fastensaid Wide side Wall to the cabinet.

ln testimony whereof I have a'l'lixed mj. signature in the presence oftivo witnesses.

ALBERT M. BEAN.

'V17 itnesses:

N. A. lnAnsoN, RACHEL MoCnosKnY.

